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  1. Moses and Wolf Blau: short biographical statements

    It is not known in which context these two original signed statements by Moses Blau and his son Wolf, German Jewish refugees in Amsterdam were made. However the formal presentation and details contained therein suggest that the document was created as part of a process of registration possibly with the Dutch authorities or a Jewish relief organisation.

  2. Hay internment camp, New South Wales, Australia: copy camp magazine

    This collection appears to consist of two separate deposits, the provenance of which is not known. The first item is a copy of the Camp 7 Hay magazine Boomerang. The second is a woodcut image of the camp, dated 1940-1.

  3. Czech and Czech Jewish immigrants in Great Britain: various documents

    Material which documents some of the activities of organisations in Great Britain which were involved in providing relief for Czech and Czech Jewish refugees during the Nazi era.

  4. Wolf and Marcelle Lemberger: Copy letter

  5. Lothar Nelken: Diaries

    Diaries of Lothar Nelken

  6. Cahn family papers

    This collection comprises mostly copy Red Cross telegrams sent by Sophie Cahn (the depositor) from England to her father in Mönchen- Gladbach, 1940s. Also included is a copy claim form by Fritz Cahn in Canda for compensation from the city of Mönchen- Gladbach.Sophie's father, Emanuel, died in Theresienstadt in 1942. The children ended up in Canada, USA, UK, and Israel.

  7. Report on the extermination of the Jews in Europe - not dated

    Copy report on the Nazi extermination camps. The facts within the report are allegedly based upon the testimonies of both Jews who witnessed mass killings and SS personnel who were guards at the camp.

  8. Kindertransport questionnaire survey material

    Kindertransport questionnaire survey material . Note that the original forms are closed to the public.An anonymised speadsheet containing extrapolated data from the forms is accessible in the readimng room.Readers need to book a terminal in the reading room to access his material .

  9. Podhorcer family documents

    This collection of family documents consists of official papers such as copy birth, marriage and death certificates of an Austrian Jewish couple, who, it is assumed managed to escape to Great Britain just before the war (certificates declaring the couple's payment of any outstanding debts to the state are dated 1939).

  10. Jewish Board of Deputies' Aliens Committee: minutes and reports

    The material sheds light on the role of the Aliens Committee of the Board of Deputies with respect to the treatment of aliens in Britain in the early 1930s.

  11. Antisemitism in Spain: reports and correspondence

    A miscellaneous collection of reports and correspondence documenting antisemitism and the situation of Jewish refugees in Spain and Spanish Morocco in the 1930s. A number of organisations are represented.

  12. Correspondence with Berendsohn, Walter A.

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding research assistance for Berendsohn, primarily on the subject of Jewish-German emigrants.

  13. Correspondence with Adler, Jakob

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding a restitution related information request by Adler on the Nazi Boycott of Jewish businesses from April 1, 1933. Contained is a brief personal account of this event.

  14. Correspondence with Deutscher Gewerkschaftesbund (DGB)

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding bibliographic details, information material, the scheduling of meetings, and talks Wiener Library staff members gave for the DGB. Among the correspondents is DGB chairman Ludwig Rosenberg, Jewish refugee in London during National Socialism and user of The Wiener Library at this time.

  15. Correspondence with Dienemann, Alfred

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    One handwritten and one typewritten letter about a potential remembrance ceremony for the recently passed away Leo Löwenstein.

  16. Correspondence with Borkenau, Hanna

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding prosperous Jewish art collectors and patrons in (Western) Europe including short profiles of the persons in question and a CV of H. Borkenau.

  17. Correspondence with Ehrlich, Toni

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding certain material of historic relevance including the unpublished memoirs of her mother’s youth.

  18. Additional papers of the Leeds Academic Assistance Committee

    Comprises a minute book, bank statements, cheque books, a card index file, and the Society's fourth report, November 1938

  19. Kitchener Camp, Richborough, Kent: Records

    The documents in this collection offer an insight into the day to day lives of the inmates of the Kitchener Camp for refugees near Sandwich at Richborough, Kent in 1939. This collection comprises 4 separate deposits. The core material was deposited by Phineas May in October 1987 (Accession numbers 54096-54102) when he was Honorary Custodian of the Jewish Museum at Bloomsbury House. He also deposited the entertainments licence at 644/5 in May 1988. In addition Peter Mansbacher, a former inmate of the camp, deposited some material which includes a brief autobiographical sketch at 644/7 and me...

  20. Evelyn Kaye: Family documents

    The papers in this collection document the lives of an Austrian Jewish family- Walter and Hansi Finkler and their daughter, Evelyn- who managed to escape the Nazis and come to England in 1939. They provide an insight into the experiences of Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution in the UK.